At least eighteen houses have been consumed by a fire broke out in Kuajok town, the administrative headquarters of Gogrial state.
The actual cause of the incident which occurred on Sunday at Block 7 residential area, not far from Kuacjok city centre, remains unclear.
Several eyewitnesses have told Radio Tamazuj that the fire appeared to have started in one of the houses, where three young children were left behind by their parents and spread quickly to almost the whole of the block burning 18 houses. The same eyewitnesses have added that properties worthy of millions of pounds have been consumed by the same fire.
Authorities have not yet issue any statement by several police officers can be seen on the site to register properties lost in the fire said one eyewitness